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Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his British counterpart, David Cameron, downplayed signs of trouble in the Canada-EU trade negotiations Tuesday, even as the European Union's spokesman suggested Canada hasn't shown enough "pragmatism and flexibility" at the table.

Business jets dominated the aircraft orders announced by Bombardier on Tuesday, the second day of the Paris Air Show, accounting for most of the nearly $2 billion US worth of business that the Montreal-based company has done at the show — if all options are exercised.

At least two groups of American hedge funds have bought large chunks of Tim Hortons shares recently, a sign the activist investors want to push the company to make major changes to its business, or possibly give up some control over the company.

Hudson's Bay Company shook up its management team Tuesday, moving president Bonnie Brooks upstairs to the vice-chair's role and tapping the company's chief merchant, Liz Rodbell, to take over the president's job.

The U.S. manufacturer of the oft-maligned F-35 has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the Harper government choosing to stick with the controversial stealth fighter program.

The pay is laughable by Western standards, and the shantytowns of Dhaka offer a difficult life. But the surge of mostly young women into the country's increasingly important clothing industry is having a profound change on this largely Islamic society, Margaret Evans writes.

Bombardier Inc. has identified the buyer for one of its previously announced orders for 10 CSeries passenger jets.

The Conference Board of Canada says uncertainty over new pipeline projects poses a threat to Canadian companies that provide services to oil and gas producers.

The Alberta Securities Commission has issued a cease trade order against Papa Chocolat, the 2½-year-old business of well-known Calgary chocolatier Bernard Callebaut.

The average price of a Canadian home sold last month was $388,910, an increase of 3.7 per cent compared to a year ago, according to new figures released today.

An Ontario man has been handed a fine of nearly $1 million and a prison sentence of more than seven years after he filed falsified tax returns for five straight years and netted millions in refunds he shouldn't have received.

The proponent and opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make their final pitches to a federal review panel starting Monday, at the last stage of public hearings before the panel issues its decision later this year.